2009 MLB Thread

[hugman]

Chris Carpenter hit a fudgin' grand slam today!

Oh, and a double.

He had six RBI's today.

[WhoWantsPie]

I legitimately wonder if that will help his Cy Young chances, doing that so late in the season.

[buffcoat]

How much of the Cy Young is batting?

[hugman]

I'd be shocked if Carp beat out Lincecum AND Waino.

[Gilly]

Another 5 runs for Haren tonight. Are you conceding yet DFK?

[dave from knoxville]

I will have to run the numbers; he was so far ahead, 5 runs may not kill his chances.

[jbissell]

I will have to run the numbers; he was so far ahead, 5 runs may not kill his chances.

Isn't there something to be said for consistency? For whatever reason, his numbers always really drop off in the 2nd half.

[yesno]

2 years ago was "Rocktober" and this year the local AM radio went as far as "Rocktember."

Now, the headline in the Denver Post is "Rock-2-ber: Rockies in playoffs for second time in three years."

I can't wait until Rockmas.

[dave from knoxville]

Another 5 runs for Haren tonight. Are you conceding yet DFK?

The numbers don't lie; here's my 20 best NL batters

1) Albert Pujols 2) Hanley Ramirez 3) Ryan J Braun 4) Matt Kemp 5) Prince Fielder
6) Matt Holliday 7) Troy Tulowitzki Pablo Sandoval 9) Ryan Howard 10) Derrek Lee
11) Mark Reynolds 12) Justin Upton 13) Chase Utley 14) Carlos Lee 15) Michael Bourn
16) Ryan Zimmerman 17) Joey Votto 18) Jayson Werth 19) Miguel Tejada 20) David Wright

My 10 best NL relievers

1) Jonathan Broxton 2) Heath Bell 3) Trevor Hoffman 4) Ryan Franklin 5) Huston Street
6) Brian Wilson 7) Francisco Cordero Rafael Soriano 9) Jose Valverde 10) George Sherrill

And yes, I give, Haren's fallen just enough; my top ten NL starters

1) Chris Carpenter 2) Tim Lincecum 3) Dan Haren 4) Javier Vazquez 5) Adam Wainwright
6) Randy Wolf 7) Josh Johnson Ted Lilly 9) Matt Cain 10) Joel Piniero

Just prior to today's games, I would put the odds against each NL team winning the pennant at

Cardinals 1.6 - 1
Dodgers 3.2 - 1
Phillies 4.2 - 1
Rockies 4.6 to 1

[hugman]

Dave, do you have some numbers to convince me that the Cards' bullpen isn't as unreliable as they've seemed of late, especially tonight, blowing Wainwright's 20th?

[dave from knoxville]

Dave, do you have some numbers to convince me that the Cards' bullpen isn't as unreliable as they've seemed of late, especially tonight, blowing Wainwright's 20th?

No!

[hugman]

Dave, do you have some numbers to convince me that the Cards' bullpen isn't as unreliable as they've seemed of late, especially tonight, blowing Wainwright's 20th?

No!

fuuuuuuuuuudge.

[Gilly]

I've counted the Twins out at least 5 times this year. Why do I always do that? Haven't I learned that the Twins could be 30 games behind 1st and still manage to contend at the end?

[Stupornaut]

I've counted the Twins out at least 5 times this year. Why do I always do that? Haven't I learned that the Twins could be 30 games behind 1st and still manage to contend at the end?

It's absolutely unreal. Of course, I live in mortal terror of the Yankees, but we'll cross that bridge when (if) we get to it.

[jbissell]

I've counted the Twins out at least 5 times this year. Why do I always do that? Haven't I learned that the Twins could be 30 games behind 1st and still manage to contend at the end?

It's absolutely unreal. Of course, I live in mortal terror of the Yankees, but we'll cross that bridge when (if) we get to it.

I'm just excited there's a one game playoff.